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Police said he hit at least six businesses, including a Thornton's in the 9600 block of Westport Road, a Speedway in the 9400 block of Shelbyville Road, a Circle K in the 9900 block of LaGrange Road and a Circle in the 9700 block of Old Third Street Road -- and could be responsible for more hold ups.

The man wore a hat or hood and ski goggles, so it's tough to determine his facial features.

Detectives said they're looking for someone who hurt his right hand pretty badly around Christmas-time.

They hope that detail will lead to a tip from the public.

Victims describe the man as 20 to 30 years old and 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall with a thin build.

Police said he's responsible for at least six gas station robberies in east Louisville from mid-December to the end of the month.

"All the holdups have been carried out in pretty much the same manner," said Sgt. Josh Carr. "He's in and out very quickly … Immediately approaches the victim, produces a weapon and demands the business cash and flees."

He covered his eyes and hair every time to disguise his identity.

During a robbery on Dec. 26, police noticed a distinguishing feature.

"He has a hard cast on his right hand. The hold-up prior to that on Dec. 24th, about 40 hours prior to that, the suspect was not -- did not have a cast on his hand," Carr said.

Police believe their suspect hurt himself sometime on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

After checking with emergency rooms, they've made that information public.

"Hopefully it'll stand out to somebody," Carr said.

Police said he's obviously comfortable with the eastern area of Louisville, but they have no way of knowing if he's from there.

No one was hurt in the previous robberies but police want to make sure that doesn't change.

"Robberies by nature are violent and the suspect is armed with a pistol so obviously it's always our goal to capture him as fast as we can," Carr said.

Police said they are looking at connecting this suspect to other robberies, but they're not ready to say for sure if there were any others after that Dec. 26 holdup where he wore a cast.